"If the radiance of a thousand suns

Were to burst at once into the sky

That would be like the splendour of the Mighty one ...

I am become Death,

The shatterer of Worlds."

Bhagavad Gita

Weylyn the Wolf has been defeated and Elannort saved. Simon Redhead has found his sword and begun to learn how to use it to become the Everlasting Hero. Like Queen Ceridwen of the Elves, he is incomplete. They are both missing their kochari. Cambyses is lost in a far dimension. Julie is held prisoner by Dring in Simon's post-apocalyptic dimension. Meanwhile, Gadiel's forces threaten to attack on several fronts. Simon is under Ceridwen's enchantment, but is she driven by her responsibility for her people, her personal desires, or by some darker force? Everyone needs the Hero. Which way will Simon turn, and will he make the ultimate bond with Kin Slayer to become a major incarnation of the Everlasting Hero? Simon will risk everything to save Julie, and it will cost him dearly. Along the way, he will learn much about himself and his enemies. He will make a deal with the Devil to give the elves a future, putting his own future at great risk.